The length of national highways is slated to double from 95,000 km to 2,00,000 km, as part of India's infrastructural reforms, Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari said on Friday.

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today took a dig at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi saying ‘he was working towards realising Mahatma Gandhi's intention to dissolve the grand old party after attaining Independence in 1947’.

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today said that with the construction of the new four-lane Mumbai-Goa highway, the travel time between the two cities will reduce to six hours.

As Uttar Pradesh gears up for assembly polls next year, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said that he will launch one project every week as part of central government's plan to invest Rs.2 lakh crore for

Government may soon come up with an ambitious Rs 3-lakh-crore Economic Corridor project to develop 35,000 km of highways for faster movement of freight. This would be the second largest project in the sector

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s famous slogan of “acche din” was originally coined by his predecessor Manmohan Singh but has now become the “millstone” around the NDA government’s neck

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari has announced a new access control highway between Delhi and Jaipur which will reduce the travel time between the cities to just two hours. The 270-km distance takes over six hour

Senior BJP leader and Union minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said that focus on adoption of alternative fuels could soon eliminate the need for India to import petroleum products. “We

Peeved with the slow pace of reforms in the shipping sector, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today asked officials not to create obstacles in the way of those who want to work.

San Francisco: Speaking at the Global Indian Technology Professionals Association (GITPRO), Union Minister Nitin Gadkari invited Indian IT professionals in the Silicon Valley to actively participate in India's startup movement. Gadkari asked Indian p

New Delhi: In an attempt to make India a manufacturing hub for US-based electric car major Tesla, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari offered the firm a joint venture with Indian Automobile Sector for Electric Vehicles.

As the war of words between India and Pakistan escalated over the Kashmir unrest following the killing of Hizbul Mujahidden commander Burhan Wani, New Delhi has once again expressed its intention of pursuing good relations with Islamabad.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has expressed confidence that the much-delayed GST Bill will be passed in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, beginning later this month.

Mumbai: Maharashtra government has decided to use plastic waste along with tar in a bid to improve the durability and longevity of asphalt roads and reduce soil pollution. The waste content for construction use will

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today came down heavily on those who do not obey traffic rules and drive in inebriated condition.

Listing out its achievements, BJP on Monday said the economy has gained and decision making process strengthened since the Narendra Modi government came to power two years ago.

Mumbai has got the dubious distinction of the city with maximum road accidents in the country, while the number of deaths in road mishaps is highest in the national capital.

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that an average of 400 persons die every day in road accidents in the country with ‘faulty engineering’ being a major cause.

Government's ambitious Rs 4,000 crore 'Metrino' public transport project in the national capital region, is scheduled to hit the ground in the next two months

Mumbai: After bagging the strategically important Chabahar Port in Iran, India is eying a contract to develop a similar facility in Bangladesh’s Paira. Talks in this regard are on between Ministry of External Affairs and